Four days ago we noted that the filing calendar was nearly empty. It still is. Of the 650 companies we track, exactly one has accounts due in the next 30 days. The useful question is no longer how thin the calendar is. It is what the single entry on it looks like when you read the surrounding fields, and which ten deadlines come after it.
The one deadline: Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery
Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery (company 00580014) must file accounts by 30 October 2026, two weeks from today. It is a Greater Manchester food manufacturer, SIC 10710 (manufacture of bread, fresh pastry goods and cakes), with £26.2m of tracked turnover and county rank #17. It was incorporated in 1957, has three listed officers, and its last accounts were made up to 30 January 2025.
The detail worth noticing is its most recent filing. The latest filing type is DISS40, dated 14 March 2026. That code is Companies House shorthand for compulsory strike-off action being discontinued. In plain English, the register had started to move against the company for non-compliance, and then stopped. A discontinued strike-off is not a red flag on its own, since it usually means the missing paperwork arrived. It does mean the company has already been through a late-filing escalation this year, so its 30 October date is more informative than most. Of the ten companies below, it is the only one whose latest filing is of this kind.
If you rely on this company as a supplier or counterparty, check that the accounts land on time. A second miss would be a stronger signal than the first.
The next ten deadlines, in order
Here are the ten nearest accounts deadlines in the tracked set, including Greenhalgh’s:
- Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery, Greater Manchester, £26.2m, 30 October.
- AKN Build, Leicestershire, £24.3m, 23 November. Two officers.
- Reays Coaches, Cumbria, £6.3m, 26 November. Three officers.
- Techjoint, Surrey, £19.3m, 30 November. A single officer.
- Cromwood, Greater London, £79.6m, 26 December. The largest by turnover on the list.
- Portland Stone Firms, Dorset, £4.2m, 27 December.
- Bacon Family Partnership LLP, Durham, £0.2m, 29 December.
- Property, Procurement & Contracting Services LLP, Durham, £0.2m, 29 December.
- International Copiers UK, East Sussex, £9.9m, 29 December.
- Parkguard, Hertfordshire, £11.8m, 29 December. No filing count is recorded.
Five of the ten sit in the first week of the “wall” that arrives at the very end of December, and the last four share a single date. Anything after the 29th is crowded, which is why the November names are the cleaner signals.
Reading the list as intelligence
Three patterns stand out.
Governance depth varies a lot. Techjoint and Security Plus (due 30 December) each list one officer. A one-person board is not a problem in itself, but it concentrates the filing responsibility on one individual, so a missed date is more likely to be a single point of failure than a sign of wider trouble.
Size does not predict punctuality. Cromwood, with £79.6m of turnover, has a latest filing type of MR04, a charge satisfaction notice, filed in June. That tells you it is actively managing its secured borrowing, which is arguably a healthier sign than a clean-looking but dormant record.
Filing frequency adds context. Security Plus has 150 filings on record and Greenhalgh’s has 142, while AKN Build has 44 and Techjoint 38. High counts usually mean older, more active entities. Low counts on younger companies are normal and not a worry.
What to do with it
Put 30 October in the diary and check Greenhalgh’s filing history on that day, not weeks later. Then set a reminder for the 23rd and 26th of November. The remaining deadlines can wait until December, but this is the quietest the calendar will be before the year-end cluster, and a quiet calendar is the best time to check your monitoring.
Every company above has a profile in the county pages with its deadline, officer count and latest filing type, so you can verify each point yourself before you rely on it.